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Castell Nos Motte

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NPRN300085
Map ReferenceSN90SE
Grid ReferenceSN9650000170
Unitary (Local) AuthorityRhondda Cynon Taff
Old CountyGlamorgan
CommunityMaerdy
Type Of SiteMOTTE
PeriodMedieval
Description
NAR: SN90SE1

The SE end of an isolated eminence 35m (N-S) by 12m, an entirely natural hillock, rocky except for the small oval flat top which has been scarped and ditched on the N and W. Traces of a possible bailey lie to the NW.
There is no historical record of the motte which is possibly a medieval Welsh attempt to construct a motte-like fortress from this naturally strong position.

Source: RCAHMW 1991 Glamorgan III.1a 'the Earlier Castles', 146-9.

David Leighton, RCAHMW, 7 August 2008